COI

The Central Office of Information (COI) was the UK government's marketing and communications agency. Its Chief Executive reported to the Minister for the Cabinet Office. It was a non-ministerial department, and became an executive agency and a trading fund, recovering its costs from the other departments, executive agencies and publicly funded bodies which used its services. From 2010, governmental spending on marketing fell considerably and it was subsequently closed on 30 December 2011 and its remaining functions transferred to the Cabinet Office.